Mother Seeks Rehearing, Certified Question In Gender Discrimination Suit

Mealey's (June 12, 2017, 2:18 PM EDT) -- MINNEAPOLIS — A mother whose insurer denied coverage for her child’s gender reassignment asked the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for en banc review on June 7 after a panel of the court affirmed dismissal of her action.  In the alternative, the woman asked the court to take the unusual step of certifying a post-opinion question to the Minnesota Supreme Court (Brittany R. Tovar v. Essentia Health, Innovis Health LLC d/b/a Essentia Health West and HealthPartners Inc., No. 16-3186, 8th Cir.)....

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